# Incident 20000501016329I: Cessna 172F, Brooklyn, IA, May 1, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 2000, 17:45 local time
- Place: Brooklyn, IA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7315° N, 92.4449° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brooklyn, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7315&lon=-92.4449&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5204F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5204F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- Reported engine: CONT O300*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 120 total, 110 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000501016329I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23)DURING CRUISE FLIGHT #1 CYLINDER SEPARATED FROM THE ENGINE. AIRCRAFT LOST POWER AND WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE.  PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND WAS GIVEN VECTORS TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT.  PILOT LANDED TWO MILES SHORT OF A PRIVATE AIRPORT.  THE ONLY VISABLE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS A DENT IN THE COWLING DUE TO THE SEPARATED CYLINDER.

## Other reports on N5204F (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20031015026629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031015026629A), Oct 15, 2003: Cessna 172F (N5204F), Columbus, NE, Substantial damage. (-23) Student was on a cross country flight from the lemay flight training center, offutt afb (off), omaha, NE, to the Columbus Municipal Airport (olu)…
- [Incident 19970322008929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970322008929I), Mar 22, 1997: Cessna 172F (N5204F), Murray, NE. Narrative: aircraft was on training flight at 3800' MSL. PIC reduced power to initiate simulated engine failure. Descent was initiated, checklist completed,…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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